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Journalists & politicians from Morales’ party threatened with sedition arrests as Bolivia purges socialist elements

Journalists & politicians from Morales’ party threatened with sedition arrests as Bolivia purges socialist elements The interim government of Bolivia has tasked a special prosecutor with rooting out “subversives” in former President Evo Morales’ party, and dissident journalists have also been threatened with arrest, local media reports. A “special apparatus of the Prosecutor’s Office” has been created to root out “subversion and sedition” in Morales’ MAS (Movement to Socialism) party, Minister of Government Arturo Murillo announced on Sunday. He warned any leaders who might be harboring disloyalty to the new right-wing government that he already had a list of the names of “subversives,” accusing them of stirring up violence in the country, and p...

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Boom! Retired! UFC welterweight star Ben Askren announces his retirement from MMA

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Boom! Retired! UFC welterweight star Ben Askren announces his retirement from MMA Former Bellator and ONE Championship welterweight world champion Ben Askren has announced his retirement from MMA following his latest stint in the UFC. Askren announced his retirement on Ariel Helwani's MMA Show on ESPN on Monday as he called time on his decade-long career in mixed martial arts. The former NCAA Division I amateur wrestling standout earned a spot on the United States Olympic team earlier in his career before transitioning to MMA and becoming a dominant force at 170 pounds as he used his prodigious ability on the mats, along with an ever-evolving submission game, to go undefeated for 10 years. Also on rt.com ‘Most ove...

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US now considers Israeli settlements consistent with international law – Pompeo

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US now considers Israeli settlements consistent with international law - Pompeo US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced a U-turn in policy towards Israeli settlements in the West Bank, declaring Washington no longer sees them inconsistent with international law. Pompeo said the US will no longer adhere to the 1978 State Department legal opinion on the settlements, and insisted that it would not lead to US's isolation from the rest of the global community on the issue. The US's top diplomat said the Trump administration will leave the status of the West Bank to Israelis and Palestinians to negotiate. Pompeo said the decision came as the result of a "legal review" and was not intended to send any message, though the move is likely to anger th...

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Are we the baddies? NBC chief foreign correspondent tweets amazement to find US foreign policy not always great

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Are we the baddies? NBC chief foreign correspondent tweets amazement to find US foreign policy not always great Hearing that the Americans “have become the bad guys” on the world stage was a “gut punch” to NBC News reporter Richard Engel, but Twitter quickly set the astonished journalist straight with some history and facts. Engel, NBC's chief foreign correspondent, was informed of this shocking news via various “sources” who complained to him about the Trump administration’s recent betrayal of the Kurds in northern Syria and the alleged “misogynistic” firing of the US ambassador to Ukraine. Such politically motivated actions “makes people think, we, Americans, have become the bad guys,” a stunned Engel wrote on Twitter, lamenting the good old days ...

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Concessions first, meeting later: N. Korea says will not ‘gift’ another summit to Trump

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Concessions first, meeting later: N. Korea says will not ‘gift’ another summit to Trump Pyongyang has made it clear that it will not agree to another high-level meeting between Chairman Kim Jong-un and the US President Donald Trump unless Washington changes its “hostile” policies towards the Asian nation. Talks between North Korea and the US on Pyongyang’s nuclear program, kicked off by a Trump-Kim summit in Singapore in June 2018, have failed to produce any meaningful results and improve bilateral relations between the two nations, North’s Foreign Ministry adviser Kim Kye Gwan said. The negotiating process ended up in a deadlock even though two leaders had a meeting in February, exchanged letters and met at the border between two Koreas in June. ...

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Iran says ‘decisive’ action will be taken if riots continue, warns US against fueling tensions within the country

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Iran says ‘decisive’ action will be taken if riots continue, warns US against fueling tensions within the country Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned it will quell public disturbances “decisively” if the riots that gripped the country following fuel price hikes continue. Any actions that “foment insecurity” or threaten the “calm and tranquility” of Iranian society “will be dealt with decisively,” the IRGC said in a Monday statement published by the local media. The powerful security force did not further elaborate on what exact measures would be taken. Yet, according to the Iranian media, up to 150 people were arrested by the Guards in the Alborz province located west of the Iranian capital of Tehran. The IRGC intelligence se...

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‘Censored because they gave me platform’: Ecuador’s ex-leader Correa slams sudden move to cut off RT Spanish in his country

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‘Censored because they gave me platform’: Ecuador’s ex-leader Correa slams sudden move to cut off RT Spanish in his country Former leader of Ecuador Rafael Correa believes his country’s national broadcaster suddenly cut its distribution of RT Spanish simply because the channel gave him a platform to air views critical of Lenin Moreno’s government. “I am very sorry, I feel bad, because I think the National Telecommunications Corporation has cut off RT’s broadcast because of me,” Correa, who hosts a weekly political talk show on the channel, said. In this particular case it looks like RT is being censored simply because they offered me a platform for my program. Correa’s comments come days after Ecuador’s National Telecommunications Corporation (NTC...

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‘It’s not a psychological issue, this is facing reality’: Brian Orser on Medvedeva’s losses to quad-jumping skaters (VIDEO)

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‘It’s not a psychological issue, this is facing reality’: Brian Orser on Medvedeva’s losses to quad-jumping skaters (VIDEO) Renowned Canadian figure skating specialist Brian Orser, who has been coaching the two-time world champion Evgenia Medvedeva, said that losing to young, quad-jumping skaters is a reality she needs to face. In an interview with RT Sport the Canadian coach talked about quad-jumping revolution in women’s skating and how it affected Medvedeva, who hasn’t yet successfully landed a quad. READ MORE: ‘I wonder which place I will take in men’s event’: Figure skating starlet Alexandra Trusova wants to compete against male athletes The 57-year-old pundit stressed that Medvedeva is making progress with a quad Salchow, without noting when s...

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Russians donate €1 MILLION in less than 24 hours in a bid to save Venice, as the city recovers from 3rd wave in a week

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Russians donate €1 MILLION in less than 24 hours in a bid to save Venice, as the city recovers from 3rd wave in a week When Italy asked the world to help restore Venice after the worst flood in decades, some Russians didn’t waste time – donating one million euros in less than a day, the Italian ambassador to Russia has revealed. Italy's Pasquale Terracciano said that donations were made by “wealthy” individuals whose identities were not named. He also said a campaign of solidarity will be launched at Italy’s embassy in Moscow on Tuesday with a concert by the famous Russian conductor and director of the Mariinsky Theater, Valery Gergiev. Also on rt.com ‘I told you’: Twitter users irate as ghoulish Greta Thunberg pi...

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Czech govt approves digital tax aimed at internet giants – ministry

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Czech govt approves digital tax aimed at internet giants – ministry The Czech government approved a seven percent digital tax proposal on Monday aimed at boosting state coffers by taxing advertising by global internet giants like Google and Facebook, the finance ministry said. The proposed tax, which still must make it past lawmakers in parliament, covers revenue gained from targeted advertising, providing digital marketplaces, and user data sales, Reuters said. It will be aimed at services provided to Czech users. The tax would apply to companies with global revenue over €750 million ($826.5 million) annually, 100 million crown ($4.32 million) turnover in the Czech market and a reach exceeding 200,000 user accounts. The finance ministry said it estimated the tax, which it sai...

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